Tomorrow is the big day, the one we've been waiting for here in the path of totality: nearly two minutes of complete darkness as the moon passes over the sun.
It's a surprisingly big deal. We've been warned that traffic will be a mess, gas stations will be swamped, cell towers won't be able to handle the overload, and the internet may go down for awhile. So, it sounds like something between a typical game-day during football season and a catastrophic weather event.
We were invited to go a party taking place even deeper in the totality, but decided that we didn't want to camp out for two nights with a hundred other people. Not when we can walk into the back yard and see it right at home. So here we are, not venturing far at all.
How will the animals react? There's Reub, whose anxiety has mounted over the past six months to the point where his Prozac prescription had to be jacked up to 60mg a day. What will he make of the world going dark in the middle of the morning?
My hope is that he will have a perfectly good grip on things. So far the dire warnings have proven to be over-stated. There are a few thousand extra people in town, and all of our neighbors have out-of-town guests, but it is an atmosphere of expectation-- not of conflict or dread.
All eyes on the skies tomorrow.
Yes there certainly has been a big hoopla over this eclipse! I'm just planning to go to work like usual. Portland is just outside the path of totality. I may look out my office window at the appointed time, but that's about it. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWell, I can say this. A 99% eclipse isn't even close to what happens at totality. Crazy. But by staying in Portland you did avoid the slowdown on I-5 for the past 2 days.
Deleteit won't get dark like night but like twilight. a few stars will wink in. I'd like to see the corona but that's only if you are in the path of totality which we aren't.
ReplyDeleteIt got dark enough for us to see stars, which was super cool. And the corona was beyond awesome. I see why people travel to see a total eclipse.
DeleteI have a friend who lives on a farm and put sunglasses on her cows. LOL She posted the pictures on Facebook. So funny.
ReplyDeleteHaha! I bet none of the cows cared at all about the eclipse, but dang those annoying glasses!
DeleteHow did it go? We only had a partial eclipse here.
ReplyDeleteOh hi, Rebecca! It was stunning! Completely different experience from partial eclipses that I have watched. Really and truly astonishing.
DeleteHere in MA we saw about 68% but it was interesting to see the moon attempt to gobble the sun. So glad you got to see totality.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pauline. Maybe you can travel to see it in 7 years. Won't be all that far from west MA. A day's drive, and worth it.
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